That would be much appreciated by me, I hope the project goes well.
On 01/08/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just finishing a utility that
>
> a) downloads the BBC's feeds and uncompresses them once per day and
> b) an app which produces a very simple XML format with all the
> relevant information about the programs.
> c) A simple web app where you can define what channel and time frame
> you want to know more information about
>
> In between a & b I store all the information in the database so I may
> open this up too, dependent on how hard it gets hit.
>
> Either way whatever i produce will be made available to all.
>
> Jim.
>
> Ben O'Neill wrote:
>
> >Mmmm, I can't help but feel the volume of information is over the top.
> > I've even thought it'd be worth installing a triple store and using
> >that to do some knowledge "stuff".
> >
> >With my current PC-based TV guide about to expire I was thinking about
> >replacing that using the BBCs feeds but the Radio Time's data would
> >make this far far simpler ...
> >
> >What are others using the data for?
> >
> >
> >On 01/08/05, Andrew McParland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Ben,
> >>
> >>What sort of documentation would you like? A few pointers to some existing
> >>information below:
> >>
> >>+ Our LGPL'ed Java TV-Anytime API:
> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/projects/tv_anytime_api/
> >> contains a useful paper detailing the API which gives a good idea of
> >> what's in TV-Anytime, also available from:
> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp-pdf-files/WHP060.pdf
> >>
> >>+ Plenary documents of the TV-Anytime Forum (including drafts of the
> >> specifications):
> >> ftp://tva:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Plenary/0-Plenary.html
> >>
> >> + Including a draft of the current ETSI version of the Metadata
> >> specification (includes XML Schema):
> >> ftp://tva:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Plenary/TV288r1.zip
> >>
> >> + And a Systems specification that includes some more examples and
> >> philosophy of use:
> >> ftp://tva:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Plenary/TV302r1.zip
> >>
> >> + Note that the ETSI versions are the definitive versions of the
> >> specifications, freely downloadable with registration from www.etsi.org
> >>
> >>+ A short, high-level introductory overview: "TV-Anytime - using all that
> >> extra data":
> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp-pdf-files/WHP050.pdf
> >>
> >>+ An overview of the structure of the specifications: "TV-Anytime Phase 1 -
> >> a decisive milestone in open standards for Personal Video Recorders":
> >> http://www.ebu.ch/trev_295-evain.pdf
> >>
> >>Some of the higher level documents are useful for getting accross the "ah,
> >>it's not just an EPG then" idea and the use of identifiers (CRIDs),
> >>grouping, etc.
> >>
> >>I hope that helps a bit. But please do let us know what more specific info
> >>would help you.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Andrew
> >>
> >>Andrew McParland | Phone: +44 (0) 1737 839590
> >>BBC Research & Development | Fax: +44 (0) 1737 839665
> >>Kingswood Warren, Tadworth | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Surrey, KT20 6NP, UK | Web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd
> >>
> >>
> >>On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 03:23:00PM +0100, Ben O'Neill wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I like the data and plan on using it quite soon (I've only had brief
> >>>looks so far) but I'd like to see better documentation. Being gzipped
> >>>isn't a problem for me.
> >>>
> >>>On 19/07/05, Ben Metcalfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hello folks
> >>>>
> >>>>As you will know, we released the TV Anytime feeds a couple of weeks
> >>>>back (In case anyone hasn't seen them yet, they live here:
> >>>>http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/7DayListingData)
> >>>>
> >>>>We're keen to hear your feedback about the feeds, in particular if there
> >>>>is anything we can do to help make them easier for you to integrate into
> >>>>your prototypes.
> >>>>
> >>>>Please let us know your thoughts and views generally, but questions we
> >>>>have been thinking about include:
> >>>>
> >>>> * Could we package them differently (ie not gzip archive)?
> >>>> * Do we need to make better documentation available?
> >>>> * Do you want a perl/php API to access the data more easily?
> >>>>
> >>>>Please let me know - either via this list or directly to me: backstage
> >>>>(at) bbc.co.uk.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks folks
> >>>>Ben + backstage.bbc.co.uk team.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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